Class Action Lawsuit Against Blue Rhino Propane!

[Mumbly]

i did the blue rhino once, at $20 was a little hard to swallow, so i went to the place my friend gets her propane for her house, got a full 100lb tank out the door for $68 with no deposit. free $7.50 might be worth it, only proof i have is the empty tank. wonder if they will take that?

 

[JJL]

I don't recall the price, but I've gone to a U-haul place to get a refill, too. It was pretty convenient.

If you go to Uhaul's website you can print off a coupon for $1 off every refill for a year.

It's funny, the first time I went to get the tank filled, I printed the coupon, but I forgot to bring it with me. They gave me the dollar off anyway.

Did the exchange once, couldn't believe how expensive it was.
Did the Gas station & Uhaul for a year, couldn't believe how much time and gas I was spending filling tanks.
Reworked the burners for NG - oh what a relief it was.

Of course now I wanted to brew indoors, so I switched to electric. What's next? Atomic Brewing.

I think electric is the direction I'm going to go eventually. It just seems like it would be more convenient.

 

[bigbeergeek]

I wonder how much of the settlement money goes to the attorneys? Nothing will come of this, a few people will get some money back. Yes all those caged refill places don't sell tanks that are filled to 20# ...nothing new here. In Michigan we already went through this years ago. Blue Rhino now shows small print that Tell's you it isn't 20# but most people just see a tank and assume it's full. Some fine print gets added to a sign, a lawyer makes a profit and the cycle goes on.

Individuals in the suit (like us) are entitled up to $150 compensation with sufficient proof of purchase. Not bad if you were a loyal BR customer who likes to keep receipts.

Looks like the 4 attorney team is entitled to compensation "not to exceed $7,250,000.00." Pretty serious scratch for the legal team, but that's what it costs to take on massive corporate interests in court.

Any remaining settlement money is going to be doled out to charities associated with low income families.

 

[pm5k00]

BR around me is 15 at walmart, 18 at lowes and 20 at walgreens, ill have to look into how much a straight up refill costs. Also I like the 100lbs tank idea.

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[BBKing]

You can get the tanks refilled anywhere. That is the only reason I hand ever used their services. When your propane tank is needing a hydro testing, simply take it to one of their retail locations and swap for one of theirs. Then refill for cheaper at your favorite propane place. Here in my part on MD. I pay around 15 bucks for a refill.

Word.

My last tank needed "re-certified" and I have no clue how to go about doing that, and I really wasnt interested in spending the time or money to do.

Took it to the gas station and swapped it out for just over 20 bones. Easy peasy